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Symbol Definition
Hilbert Space
The set of complex numbers
The set of real numbers
Chapter 2 - Qubits and Collections of Qubits
The Pauli X matrix (see Table 2.1)
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The Kronecker delta (see Equation C.17)
Epsilon (see Equation C.8)
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Chapter 3 - Physics of Quantum Information
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H-bar (Planck's constant divided by )
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A unit vector (see Section C.5.1)
Eigenvalues (see Section C.6)
The expectation value of an operator (see Section 3.6)
Chapter 4 - Entanglement
A possible hidden variable (see Section 4.3)
Local operation (see Section 4.4 and Eq. (4.11))